Tawa Aloo Masala – Potato Fry

Tawa Aloo Masala fry recipe – a North Indian style flavorful potato curry. This is a dry potato curry using aromatic spices and easy to make. In this recipe boiled potatoes are first lightly fried and then cooked with spices.

The frying and the cooking of potatoes is done on a tawa or skillet and hence the recipe name. It is an easy potato fry with the aromatic spices giving a nice flavor to potatoes.

The one vegetable that I can happily eat in any form is potatoes. Roasted, mashed or deep-fried, they taste great in any form.

But when it is pan roasted, I like it all the more. I usually make a simple potato fry for lunch to go with a kootu and steamed rice. I made this tawa aloo masala to go with chapatis and totally loved it. It is easy to make and goes well as side dish for rice or puri also. Do try this simple tawa aloo masala fry.

step by step recipe for tawa aloo masala

Heat oil in a tava. Add boiled potato cubes.

Add the dry masalas and salt. Mix well.

Fry till the potatoes turn brown. Remove from heat and set aside.

Heat 2 tsp oil in same tawa. Add cumin seeds and when they crackle, add the chopped onions, crushed ginger and garlic.

Fry till onions turn brown. Add tomato pulp.

Cook for 2 minutes till the tomato pulp thickens.

Add fried potato cubes.

Add garam masala and salt. Fry for 4-5 minutes. Finally add crushed kasuri methi and mix well. Fry on high heat for a minute and remove from heat.

Tawa Aloo Masala - a flavorful potato dry curry using aromatic spices. It is easy to make and tastes delicious with rotis, puris or rice.

Recipe type: Side Dish

Cuisine: North Indian

Serves: 2

Ingredients

2-3 medium-sized potatoes / aloo

1 medium-sized onion

1/2 tsp crushed fresh ginger

1/2 tsp crushed garlic

3/4 cup tomato pulp

1/2 tsp cumin seeds / jeera

1/2 tsp red chilli powder

1/4 tsp turmeric powder

1 tsp coriander powder

1/2 tsp garam masala powder

1/2 tsp chaat masala powder

1/2 tsp crushed kasuri methi / dry fenugreek leaves

1 1/2 tbsp + 2 tsp oil

Salt to taste

Coriander leaves for garnishing

Instructions

Boil the potatoes with their skin till they turn soft. Alternatively you can pressure cook the potatoes for 2 whistles. Once the potatoes cool down, peel the potatoes and cut them into bite-sized cubes.

Then add the tomato pulp. Let this cook on a medium-low flame for 2 minutes.

Now add the fried potatoes. Add salt (remember we have added salt while frying the potatoes also. So adjust accordingly). Add garam masala powder. Mix well and let this cook for 4-5 minutes on a medium-low flame.

Finally sprinkle crushed kasuri methi and mix well. Cook on a high flame for a minute and remove from heat.